Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-14
DEATH IN THE WATER.

DEATH IN THE WATER
Il the Elenent We Drink DecinAting the
Heopls7-How . Universal Monaco -
Health Nay BE Disaemed
A few years ago tho people in certain
section in one Of the leading cities OF the
State were Frustrated with . malignant
disease, and upon invesugat alton IT waS
fosnd that only those who used water IRON
afamous old well were the victimA
Prof. s. A. baltimore, analyst q the
New York State Beard Of Health, upon
analyzing water frem this we'll fcand it
moro deadly than tie city sewagel
The filing up of the old we'll stopped the
ravages OF the disease.
Not long since the writer noticed while
some men were making an excavation for
large boildinE, stratum Of dark colored
earth running from near the surface to
hard nan. FAere it took 1Mckher course
toward Q WILL near at hand. Tho water
from this well had for years been tainted
With the DRAWINGS from receiving vault,
the percolations Of which lad discolored
theearth.
terrible1
4 similar conditiea Of ~Aings exiues IN
every Hiliage and city whore well WISER b
used, aud though the altering which thu
Nuidslfeceive in passing through tAeoarth
may R1re them casar appearance yet Tbs
poison.and disease remains, thoggh the
water may look nsversso clear.
Tits still worse with dhe farmer, 1UrtAe
drainage from the barn yard and @he,slops
from the kitchea eventually find their way
,intothe family welIi
Nhe same condition of things Uxi9ts in
.our1arge cities, WHOSE water supplies are
.rivers fed by eitt!eSbeams that acapry OF
the filth and dYainag, from houses. This
'swater' is eventually drunk BY rtuh and
4Uor alike with greaJ evil
Some cautious peepl resort to'the filter
;1er purifying THIS water. bot even the
otter docs mot sTTmove this poison, for
water Of theimoSt deadly charau&sr may
pass through 'thisfLlter and becon1D clear
iN ct the poison isE,uised is Shere.
They who use filters know that they
enust be reneweG at regular periods, tor
|ssven though they do not take out all tho
Itimpurity. rhey soon becoHeffodl.
Now in qAso manner the human ikidncyB
act as alte1.tor the blosA :, anuin they aps
filled up with, Impurities and become foaH,
like the Eiceri1n the bicEd in tine System
coursing ahrsugh them becomes bad, iforsit
| 10 now q oo1oeded facttthat the kidn@s
are tho Chit cleans whereby the blood Is
purified. Those organs are @lled with
| thousanas6fS.air like t4oes which drain,Ele
| impurities :from the blood, - theSeWer
pipes DRAIN impuritiesikrom our houses.
II q sewerspipe breaks under tho hose,
| the seW1geescapes intptthe earth and Ellis
| the house'vVsth poisonSus' gas; so IL any Of
| the thonsaaa and onedittle hair like sewer
tubes 0eth kidneys t1reak down, tho EN-
tire boSyas affected tEs this ax full poison.
1t is sa>Ecientific fact THAT tho Kidneys
have few nerves of sensation; and, conse-
QuentyI disease maysexist in these organs
for q dong time and net fbosuspected by
| the indiv1 ual. 1t isEmpossitle to fiitsc or
take the'Ieath outuf the bteod when the
least arrangement exists iu!fhese, organs,
| and IL tho blood il not filtered then the
uric acidfor kidneypoison, removabler My
by WMner's safe cure, accuMulatesi in the
system AID attacks any organ. producing
nine out ct ten ailments, justas sewer. gas
and bsd,d-ainage produce soEany. fata51is-
orders.
Kidney.>disease may be known TO e1Et If
there tss&ny marked departure from or
binary thealth without apparent known
cause, arE it should be undefs stood BY all
that thef,reatest peril exists. and il in4en-
sified, ifsthere Is thes,east neglect to treat
it proRptsy with that great specific. War
ner's safe cure, asremedy -fhat has re.
ceived che highest 1eeognitlon by -scis d
tific men who have thoroughly investi.
gated the character of kidney deranse-
mentS
They my not tell ms that the.cause ofsxo
many diseases in thiscorgan is che iimpn1e
water orary other one thing, but this poi
sonous water with its impurities coursing
constantly through these delieEte organs
undoubtedly does prosuce muck Of the de-
cay and disease which eventually termi- |
nate in the fatal Bright's disease for this
disease, alike among the drinking men,
prohibltionists, the tobacco slave. the la \
borer, the merchant and the tramp, works i
terrible devastation every year.
It is wellSknown that the liver, (Which is
30 easily thrown ''out q gear, 4" askhey say,
very readily disturbs the action of the kid |
neys. That organ when derangeA innse-
e1iately announces the fact by sallow skin,
,constipated bowels, coated tongue and |
hut the kidney when diseased,
onfor q long time, and the fact |
,ot its diseasescan only be discovered by the |
sid of the microscope or by the physician |
.who is skillf,E. enough to trace the most in |
direct effects ID the system to the deraage- |
Eent of these crgans, as the prime cause |
The publ is learning much on this sub
j6ct and when e comes to understand that |
the kidneys aresthe real health regulators,
as:they are the real blood purifiers of the
system, they will escape an ix finite amount
Of unnecessary suffering, AID add length
Of days and happiness to their lot
~
EaNors Unconsciously Bestowed.
A good story is told of hostess at a
recent fashionable luncheon. She or
dcred to be placed among the table
dccoraGons set Of salts of exceeding